Emergency brake apparatus for motor road vehicles



Aug. 29, 1939. J. B AVAN 2,171,352

EMERGENCY BRAKE APPARATUS FOR MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES FiledAu'g. 51, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Qmg.29,1939. J. BEAVAN 2,171,352-

EMERGENCY BRAKE APPARATUS FOR MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES Filed Aug. 51, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2i J W' MWMI 5%.

Patented Aug. 29, 1939 EMERGENCY BRAKE APPARATUS FOR MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES John Beavan, Ayr, Scotland Application August 31, 1938, Serial No. 227,640 In Great Britain November 17, 1937 2 Claims. (Cl. 188-5) This invention relates to emergency brake apthe road, by pneumatic actuation of a piston paratus for motor road vehicles of the type incontained in cylinder ll, whereby to depress the eluding brake members mounted on the chassis plate 1 in opposition to the action of a spring. of the vehicle and engageable directly with the The cylinder II is supported by the shoe 2 and road under the control of the driver. is connectible to a source of compressed air or 5 The present invention, which may be regarded other gas, under the control of the driver. The as a further development of the invention formshoe 2 is armed on its underside with a lining ing the subject of my U. S. Patent No. 2,086,113 12 of bonded asbestos or other friction material. issued on July 6, 1937, relates to the combination The crankpin 3 is carried. by a pulley l3 of improved rear road-engaging brake shoes with J'ournalled in a forked bracket l4 attached to 10 front road-engaging skate-blades mounted on the rear axle casing l5. Each pulley I3 is the stub axles of the vehicle. wrapped by a rope l6 attached thereto, and lead- According to the invention, for the purpose of ing from a tension spring anchorage I8, around restraining the vehicle against lateral swinging the pulley l3, to a common piston actuator.

movement, the rear brake shoes are fitted with Stay rods 24, 25 connect the shoes 2 with brackets 15 road-engaging skate-like blades, and there is on the axle casing 15, but permit free vertical mounted on each stub axle at the front of the movement of the shoes. vehicle, so as to participate in the steering move- Attached to each brake shoe 2 are two skatements thereof, a pressure fluid cylinder accomlike blades 30 extending lengthwise 0f the modating a piston carrying a road-engaging hicle, being fitted one to each longitudinal edge 20 skate blade which is depressed into engagement of the respective shoe 2. The blades 30 project with the road when the cylinder is supplied with tly e ow the r ad- Surf l2 Of pressure fluid. the shoe and their road-engaging edges are Desirably, each front blade is pivotally conbeve ed as Shown i S W be und nected to its piston so that it may follow the stood, in u W the r k shoes 2 are 25 contour of the surface upon which the vehicle p ed to engagement With the road, the Skate is riding. blades bite into the road and thus restrain The invention is illustrated in the accompanye Ve e a t lateral p e ting drawings in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary e pu p of restraining the orwa d 30 plan, and Fig. 2 a fragmentary transverse vertipart of the vehicle against lateral displacement, 30 cal section drawn to a larger scale, on the line e e is mo n ed on th flange 40 0f ea S 22 of Fig. 1, showing one of a similar pair of e g 3 and 50 as to participate in the emergency rear brakes of a motor road hicl steering movements of the respective stub axle, and Fig. 3 is a part side elevation part vertical a cylinder 3| which is connectible, under the section and Fig. 4 an end elevation, showing one Control f the driver, to a Source Of Pressure 35 of the similar pair of emergency front brakes of fluid pp y- The Cylinder 3| accommodates a the vehicle. Figs. 5 and 6 are assembly views p on 32 of w i h he low r en pr jec s throu showing the apparatus mounted on the rear and e Op we d of the Cylinder a Carries a on the front, respectively, of a motor road skate-like blade 33 which is pivotally connected vehicle. at 34 to the lower end of the piston 32 and is 40 Referring to Figs. 1. 2, and 5 of the drawings, disposed in parallelism with the line of travel of there is mounted adjacent to each rear road e r p ve front Wheel The Piston 32 is wheel I of the Vehicle a brake shoe 2 whi h i maintained normally in retracted position, with vertically movable so as to be engageable with the skate blade 33 clear of the road, by? p the road under the control of the driver of the f t nsi sp s 36 connected t t d of 45 vehicle. the blade 33 and to a bracket 31 unitary with As in the construction described in the specithe cylinder 3|. As will be understood, in use, fication of my U. S. Patent No. 2,086,113, each when pressure fluid is supplied to the cylinder brake shoe 2 is operatively connected to a power- 3| the piston 32 is protruded in opposition to driven crankpin 3 and has hinged at 6 to its the action of the springs 36 whereby the blade 33 50 forward end a top plate 1 presenting a pluis depressed into engagement with the road, the rality of downwardly-projecting spikes 8 which pivot 34 permitting the blade to follow the conare disposed in register with holes in the associtour of the road upon which the vehicle is riding. ated shoe 2. The spikes 8 are engageable with For preventing rotation of the piston 32 relatively 65 the road, while the shoe 2 is in engagement with to the cylinder 3| and also to prevent excessive travel of the piston, there is incorporated in the bore of the cylinder 3| a feather 38 engaging a featherway 39 in the piston and serving as a stop to limit the travel of the piston. As will be understood, when the piston is in protruded position, and when the cylinder is opened to exhaust, the stress of the springs 36 restores the piston to normal or retracted position within the cylinder.

I claim 1. Emergency brake apparatus for motor road vehicles, comprising, in combination, road-engaging brake shoes located at the rear of the vehicle, skate-like blades fitted to said brake shoes and projecting below the road-engaging surfaces of the brake shoe so as, when the brake 2. Emergency brake apparatus as claimed in 10 claim 1 in which each front skate blade is pivotally connected to its piston and in which the blade is adapted to be restored to inoperative position by a spring or springs acting thereon.

JOHN BEAVAN. 

